SUPER DESPAIR WORLD

After a brief hiatus, we're back with a brand new show format. Join us as we dive into the history of the recording industry and how it evolved into everyone's AI lean-back listening slop bucket, Spotify. Books referenced: - "Dirty Little Secrets of the Record Business: Why So Much Music You Hear Sucks" by Hank Bordowitz (2007) - "Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Play...

On our final episode of the old format, we visit our old home. In a dusty corner of Reddit, some tired millennials are posting the stupidest shit you'll ever read. Join us as we discover that time does in fact move in a linear fashion, work makes you tired, and orange man is indeed still bad.  Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler

After some soul-searching, Dave and Briar have decided to end the Hater Arc with a final Your Podcast Sucks episode where we hate on our own show. Join us as we discuss why the we put out a handful of stinkers and where we're going from here. WE HAVE A MERCH STORE: https://merch.superdespairworld.com Support the show and check out our bonus episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SUPERDESPAIR...

In the wake of Orange Man (who is bad, btw) having another weird one about student visas, we reflect on the state of Higher Education and its impending downfall. Have the chuds won the culture war? Only this episode holds the definitive answer. Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler

This episode is jam packed with goodies. Join us on the spiritual successor episode to "Goober Eats" where we talk about the treatlerite phenomenon in the age of tariffs and rising delivery slave app prices. Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler

[Something got weird with the podcast feed app, so I'm reuploading this one. If you only use the podcast apps and not YouTube, enjoy this formerly lost episode.] This week, we kick off the bleak and spooky month of October by telling it like it is: Times are bad, people are pretty stressed about what's to come, but so long as we remember Henry Ford is burning in Hell, there's no need to give up! T...

Some lil' stinkers over at the University of Zurich unleashed a legion of AI bots on the unsuspecting gentlesirs of r/ChangeMyView. We discuss the implications as Briar fervently defends the Reddit army from verbal abuse. Link to the study: https://retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ExtendedAbstract-Zurich-AI-Reddit.pdf Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy...

We uncover the origins of a breakthrough "study" about AI habits in 2025. We also peer into the demented minds of tech CEOs through the lens of one of the worst TED Talks ever. WE HAVE A MERCH STORE: https://merch.superdespairworld.com We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the show and check out our bonus episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SUPERDESP...

This one is for all of our listeners who can't read good. Is it because phone bad? Or did you not skip school enough? Find out in this very special episode. Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler

This is the prologue to our hater arc. We're priming the pump with Joe Rogan, unfunny comedians, and why the podcast sphere sucks now. WE HAVE A MERCH STORE: https://merch.superdespairworld.com We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the show and check out our bonus episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SUPERDESPAIRWORLD Thanks to our monthly supporters...

We did it. We made the good version of the true crime episode. WE HAVE A MERCH STORE: https://merch.superdespairworld.com We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the show and check out our bonus episodes on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SUPERDESPAIRWORLD Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler

In this episode, we return to our ancestral roots by exploring primal diet grifters and their consequences. Grab your bottle of raw milk, slap that beef bandage on your wound, and get comfortable on the toilet because this one is so healthy that you'll be detoxing for weeks. Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler

What started as an investigation into anti-tipping enthusiasts turned into a fun-filled Reddit rabbit hole. Join us as we examine a truly exemplary specimen in the world of deranged racist sexpats who can't stop falling in love with bar girls in Thailand. WE HAVE A MERCH STORE: https://merch.superdespairworld.com We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the show...

Since Briar is currently dealing with some legal issues regarding wire fraud this week, we've unlocked another episode of EXTRA DESPAIR WORLD. In this one, we talk about TikTok being shut down for a few hours, and millions of Americans fleeing over the Great Firewall into Rednote. Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler Check out our merch s...

Hey kids! We're sick of talking about tech and social media, so we return to the original media slop faucet: TV. Join us as we discuss the rise of reality trash television and its parallels to the rise of disposable internet content. WE HAVE A MERCH STORE: https://merch.superdespairworld.com Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler

Since ol' Zucc has been back in the spotlight recently due to the changes to his AI slop platform for illiterate boomers, we decided to do a retrospective on Facebook, Meta, and the man himself. Put on your Jake Paul glow up fit and don your Oculus goon glasses for this one, folks. We're going hater mode. WE HAVE A MERCH STORE: https://merch.superdespairworld.com We're on bluesky now: https://bsky...

ATTENTION ALL DEVIANTS: We're back with a special guest! The illustrious YouTube sensation JohnXWoodcat joins us to talk DeviantArt and internet weirdos while destroying acres of rainforest generating AI images of pregnant Cybersmith Sonic the Hedgehog on DreamUp. Check out JohnXWoodcat on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JohnXWoodcat WE HAVE A MERCH STORE: https://merch.superdespairworld.com We'...

We're back with the second installment of our episode on everyone's favorite angry boys on the internet, but this time we're talking about the real cool fellas who prey on their insecurities. Get cozy with your bonesmashing hammers and your choccy milk because this one's a real banger, folks. We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the show and check out our bo...

We're starting the new year out right with a Discord Q&A in honor of the two Jimmys inside everyone: a 100-year-old peanut farmer, and a Degrassi star turned disgraced rapper. We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the show and check out our bonus episodes on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/SUPERDESPAIRWORLD Come hang out with us on Discord (Check the newe...

For our big 50th episode, we're talking about a topic near and dear to both of our hearts: the involuntarily celibate. Join us as we talk about blackpilled omega males, the con men who exploit them, the terminally-online doofuses who don't understand them, and the solution to it all--picking up babes at the Ren Faire. We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the...

We're back with another (earlier than usual) episode of EXTRA DESPAIR WORLD, the bonus episodes for our lovely Patreon supporters. Dave's doing finals this week so enjoy our chat about Elon Musk's robots for Rhodesians, prepare for Nintendo to kill a man, and learn a little something about the complex world of international relations with professional guy who acts Steven Seagal. Follow the show on...

Remember hipsters? Whatever happened to those guys? Grab a PBR, your favorite flannel, and the guitar that hasn't been tuned since 2008 while we sit around the campfire and discuss the evolution of hip to soy. We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the show and check out our bonus episodes on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/SUPERDESPAIRWORLD Come hang out with...

We're back from the post-election brainrot to dive into a different kind: r/196. Join us as we talk about fake counter culture, fake internet polyglots, sexually repressed and irony-poisoned zoomers, and the feminine urge to return to the bayou before it got all electrified-like. Thanks to our monthly supporters Patty Rodriguez nothingbutheresy Nilly K dr_weasel Nick Ziegler

It's year two for the SDW crew, and we've got a whole new coat of paint. We're talking post-election, baby. Here's where we missed, where we didn't miss, and what to do about it.  We're on bluesky now: https://bsky.app/profile/superdespairworld.com Support the show and check out our bonus episodes on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/SUPERDESPAIRWORLD Come hang out with us on Discord (Check the newe...

[Note: this was recorded before the election and released after, so excuse any dated references.] In this very special episode, we talk about art "communities" on garbage social media platforms like TikTok and the ways they play on your insecurities, with some very inspirational advice on how to do your best and crush it in hobby land.  Also Briar went hard on the art with this one. Thanks to our...